The purpose of this Notice is to modify the research career
objectives and eligibility criteria of the National Library of Medicine (NLM)
FOA, PAR-10-195.
The research career objectives will now include supporting those establishing
their first independent research programs in clinical informatics, public
health informatics, bioinformatics or translational informatics. The
eligibility criteria will now include clinical and research doctorates.

The NLM Independent Career Development Award for Biomedical
Informatics has been developed to provide support to promising informatics
investigators while they are establishing their first independent research
programs in clinical informatics, public health informatics or translational
informatics. This award is available only to individuals with health
professional degrees (see Section III.1.B. Eligible Individuals).

The
above paragraph in the FOA will be replaced with the following language:

The NLM Independent Career Development Award for Biomedical
Informatics has been developed to provide support to promising informatics
investigators while they are establishing their first independent research
programs in clinical informatics, public health informatics, bioinformatics or
translational informatics (see Section III.1.B. Eligible Individuals).